WE are proud of our eccentrics in this country - and rightly so.
Whether it be Sir Francis Drake finishing his game of bowls before taking on ther Spanish Armada, or the image of mad Englishmen and dogs in the midday sun, people in our ‘sceptered isle’ revel in being a breed apart.
This week, a new book is published marking 21 years of IKEA and, despite the firm being Swedish, the fly on the wall social commentary celebrates people at home - and highlights their quirks and eccentricities.
Among them is Southport’s own British Lawnmower Museum curator Brian Radam, whose remarkable collection of grass cutters - some owned by luminaries such as Brian May, Charles and Diana and Stirling Moss - has spread from his museum and into his home.
Brian, we salute you - long may your obsession continue to put Southport on the map.
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